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The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion
Lady_Targaryen16 May 2008
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Pete decides to become an ultimate fighting champion, for Monica's despair. After having his first fight and stayed all hurt, Monica asks Pete to stop with this goal, but he refuses to listen to her.

Chandler stays angry with his boss, who has the strange and inconvenient habit of slap his butt all the time.

Phoebe introduces Bonnie to Ross,after having Rachel's consent. Rachel thought that Bonnie was bald, but in fact she is is very beautiful and with a lot of blond hair.(She was bald in the past) To make Rachel even more upset, Ross enjoyed Bonnie's company a lot.

Monica and Pete break up, since Monica cannot agree to see her boyfriend being beaten up all the time.
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7/10
The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion
ComedyFan20103 July 2011
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The best part of this episode is the butt slapping story of Chandler and his new boss. It is absolutely hilarious especially when other guys are jealous of it. And also when Chandler checks if it is normal by slapping Ross's butt. And also when at the end everyone is leaving the meeting room and gets a slap from their boss

I am kind of sad that Monica separated from Pete. This character could have been great for more story lines. And the break up doesn't make much sense to me too. If Monica cared so much about him she would have stayed on his side. I guess the actor just couldn't do more on the show, that would explain it

And the story with Rachel is the one most can connect to. Even though she doesn't want to be with Ross and wants him to be happy, it upsets her that he is happy so soon. Great point to make in a sitcom
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7/10
A little dated...
rustadem28 January 2018
It's interesting to watch this episode in 2017 in the context of the "Me too" movement. The whole butt-slapping boss plotline would never get by today.
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10/10
The One With Blond Girl
devashishparnami9 October 2018
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Chandler is greatly appreciated by his boisterous boss Doug, but finds it unsettling to receive the highest praise in the form of systematical swatting of his posterior, to the point of its pain and his colleagues' envy. Millionaire Pete chose as his new challenge after business to 'conquer' the brutal martial art of Ultimate Fighting, but despite an expensive entourage his confidence is so obviously and utterly misplaced that Monica can't watch his physical pain and public humiliation, even makes a breaking point of his persistence. Rachel gave her blessing to Phoebe presenting Ross with her friend Bonnie as date, without realizing she's no longer eerily bold, in fact quite to Ross's taste.
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Pete's Impossible Goal
vivianla30 May 2020
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It starts off with two guest celebrities talking about one's wife who may be cheating on him with her gynaecologist. He states the doctor has access to her.

Chandler dislikes how his boss constantly gives him a slap on the butt. Rachel declares that strange that the boss would praise him in that manner, saying how she wouldn't squeeze Monica's boob if she did a good job in cooking. Chandler says that no, instead you should rub your face in between them.

Rachel's outfits are cute. I like Rachel's red top and black pants outfit when she is outside the cafe with Phoebe, spying on Ross and the supposed bald girl. I aspire to have her body and waist.

Monica goes to watch Pete fight. She wears a cute outfit showing off her legs and wears a black jacket. Ross is with her on the sidelines.

In the end Monica breaks up with Pete because he refuses to stop pursuing this dream despite being injured 🤕. The friends gather on the couch to watch Pete fight and Ross states how funny it is that Mon wanted kids - she dated Richard who didn't want them and now it looks like Pete cannot have them.
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6/10
Annoying rachel... again...
robertm-8532321 April 2024
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It's not enough that she's the reason the relationship ended because her behavior made Ross feel insecure - which looking at what happened, is VERY understandable: She hugs the dumba$$ before she hugs Ross - RIGHT THERE shows she screwed up. She's already spending very little time with him. In his shoes I'd just stopped talking to her or trying and see how long it takes before she notices. Now in this episode, she's sabatoging him by knowingly encouraging Phoebe to set him up with someone she THINKS he won't care for, only to find out she's wrong, and has the absolute gall to get upset that her plan didn't work. In a later episode she further sabotages him by encouraging her to shave her head.

Rachel is nothing more than a selfish, self centered, small minded b**ch.
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5/10
Much better
studioAT31 May 2017
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This episode starts oddly as it opens with the very shoehorned in cameo of Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, who were promoting their film 'Father's Day' which opened the next day. It would flop.

I enjoyed this episode much more than the one that preceded it. Yes, the whole 'Ultimate Fighting Champion' story is a bit naff, but the final scene between Monica and Pete makes up for it, as it's a lovely dramatic moment.

This episode is also building up to the series finale, and we learn that Rachel might not be as over Ross as she first thought.

Despite looking unwell Matthew Perry shines in his story line too.

A fun episode.
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5/10
The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion
Prismark1022 June 2019
The episode starts with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal popping in Central Perk. It was the best bit.

The second best bit was Monica's new boyfriend Pete (Jon Favreau) thinks he can be an Ultimate Fighting Champ despite having his butt repeatedly kicked. Pete is deluded enough to think he can bring his philosophy of succeeding in business to fighting. Either that or he was brain damaged from a punch.

Looking very much these days of sexual harassment. Chandler gets his butt repeatedly slapped by his boss. It has become so painful, he needs to put cream on it.

There were a few nice zingers that Friends is famous for. However at this stage, Matthew Perry looks too gaunt.
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